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Tue, Oct 18, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 5, Ottawa Senators 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS111412011534
OTT3931616731

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:04OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Josh Norris · Tip-in, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:09OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Tim Stützle, Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:14OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:00BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Pastrnak, Jake DeBrusk · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 0:28BOSDavid KrejciPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 1:30BOSA.J. GreerAssists: Charlie Coyle · Snap, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P2 11:57OTTShane PintoAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Tyler Motte · Slap, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P2 13:58OTTTim StützleAssists: Drake Batherson, Brady Tkachuk · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P2 16:29OTTMark KastelicGWGAssists: Austin Watson · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–6
  10. P2 17:55BOSNick FolignoAssists: Jakub Lauko · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–6
  11. P2 19:45BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–6
  12. P3 9:58OTTArtem ZubAssists: Drake Batherson, Erik Brannstrom · Wrist, 0.19 xG5–7
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:44BOSTrent Frederic: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 7:14OTTDrake Batherson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:18OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:43OTTParker Kelly: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:43BOSConnor Clifton: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:39OTTJosh Norris: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:39BOSDavid Krejci: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:03BOSDavid Pastrnak: Embellishment2 min
  9. P3 8:03OTTTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 13:16OTTErik Brannstrom: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 18:07BOSPatrice Bergeron: Interference2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
34Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals3.4
61Shot attempts60
34Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
13Penalty minutes15
23Hits33
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Zacha – DeBrusk2:24

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha2:03

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Nosek – Lauko7:48

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Pastrnak – DeBrusk7:02

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Zboril13:04

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Reilly – Lindholm13:55

    xG 0.87–1.16 (43%)attempts 17–22goals 2–2

  3. Stralman – Lindholm3:24

    xG 0.03–0.38 (6%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Stützle11:52

    xG 0.81–0.37 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 3–1

  2. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly3:18

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Joseph – Pinto8:22

    xG 0.24–0.12 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – DeBrincat – Norris11:39

    xG 0.64–0.53 (55%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Sanderson11:08

    xG 0.85–0.42 (67%)attempts 16–13goals 3–1

  2. Chabot – Zub19:34

    xG 0.77–0.66 (54%)attempts 15–18goals 3–1

  3. Holden – Brannstrom12:01

    xG 0.46–0.54 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

OTT 3.4 xGBOS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #89 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 12 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

Simulated goal difference (OTT − BOS), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).